SourceForge embraces OpenID
 
A great many open source projects and companies have started on SourceForge.net. There's currently about 176K registered projects and 1.8M registered users. Sure, not all of them are active or essential software, but if you want to build an open source project, it can be a great place to get up and going. You may not go to SourceForge directly very often, but if you download open source software, it's often sitting on SourceForge servers.

New bill: No ID, no 'mature' video games for you
 
A new bill in the U.S. Congress would force retailers to card kids attempting to buy video games bearing "mature" or "adults only" ratings.

Microsoft: Xbox 360 captures 60 percent of GTAIV sales
 
Publisher cites retail data to say gamers preferred 360 edition of Rockstar's opus by 3-to-2, console sales up 56 percent week-over-week.

MySpace Makes Data Portability Move
 
Responding to the momentum around data portability, MySpace has launched its own "Data Availability" effort with big-name partners Yahoo, eBay, Twitter, and fellow News Corp. unit Photobucket.

Borland finally sells its CodeGear tools division
 
Borland Software has sold its CodeGear development tools division to Embarcadero Technologies for about $23 million, the companies said Wednesday. CodeGear sells the products that Borland used to be best known for--its JBuilder Java development tool, Delphi, and C++Builder. More recently, CodeGear has created development tools for PHP and Ruby.

Studios win $100 million judgment against TorrentSpy
 
In a major win for Hollywood studios, a California federal judge has ordered TorrentSpy to pay some $110 million in damages for infringing the copyright of thousands of films and TV shows through its BitTorrent search engine.

OpenOffice 3 beta: More compatibility, new features
 
Sun Microsystems has released the first beta for OpenOffice.org 3 for Windows and Mac. The new version of OpenOffice, which is a popular open-source competitor to Microsoft Office, looks to offer users improvements on every component from interface to features to behavior.

Is the new Sprint/Clearwire venture doomed to failure?
 
The deal to merge Sprint Nextel's WiMax business unit with Clearwire to build a nationwide 4G network is finally complete, but the newly formed company could be doomed before it even gets out of the gate.

Scientists: Warming may greatest threat to tropical species
 
WASHINGTON (AP) — While global warming is expected to be strongest at the poles, it may be an even greater threat to species living in the tropics, scientists say.

Kia and Hyundai cars to get Microsoft software
 
Microsoft and the Hyundai Kia Automotive Group announced today an agreement to put Microsoft's Automotive Platform, the technology behind the Ford Sync system, into Hyundai and Kia cars by 2010.